Canada's foreign affairs minister names new ambassador to Ukraine

OTTAWA - Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew has named Abina Dann as Canada's new ambassador to Ukraine, succeeding Ambassador Andrew Robinson, reported the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Ms. Dann holds a B.A. in political science and history from McGill University (1974), and an M.A. in Canadian politics and international relations from Carleton University (1980). She was also an international fellow at Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Since 1980, when she joined the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce, she has served abroad as trade commissioner in Sao Paulo, the Hague and New York. She opened the Canadian Government Trade Office in Mumbai, India, in 1986.

In Ottawa, Ms. Dann served the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as deputy director of the Media Relations Office, director of the Foreign Policy Communications Division and director for Communications and Media for the 2001 Summit of the Americas.

She served as press secretary to both the minister for international trade and the secretary of state for external affairs, and acted as official departmental spokesperson. More recently, Ms. Dann was director of the DFAIT's European Business Development and Connectivity Division.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 28, 2005, No. 35, Vol. LXXIII

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